Communicable Childhood Diseases

Characterized by spots that look like small “drops of water” which start on face, scalp and then spreads to chest, abdomen, back, legs and arms also mild headache, fever, fatigue, poor appetite, and itching.

Spreads through direct contact and by air breathing, coughing or sneezing.

Seen during the winter and spring season.

Keep child at home until vesicles are all crusted and dried.

Treatment is to relief the itching with cold creams, reducing fever with antipyretics, resting, and drinking plenty of fluids.

It is an infection of the whitish part of the eye affecting one eye then spreading to the other (viral secondary to the common cold or bacterial). It can be allergic (non-contagious) affecting both eyes at the same time, usually seasonal or related to the use of substances like cosmetics or perfumes.